From Sacred Stone Camp:
On Wednesday, November 16, 2016, just hours after the arrival of the drill at Standing Rock, Dakota Access LLC filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers for delaying its decision on the last required easement. Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault said in response, “They are wrong and the lawsuit will not succeed. We are looking forward to discussing the easement with the Administration and explaining why it must be denied.” In their court documents, the company said that delays have already cost nearly $100 million and that "further delay in the consideration of this case would add millions of dollars more each month in costs which cannot be recovered."
This desperation comes from the company’s January 1, 2017 deadline for completing the project. Dakota Access has previously told the District Court that if they are not delivering oil by January 1, their shipper contracts will expire and the project will be in jeopardy.
And after January 1st, investors can renegotiate or potentially exit their investment.
If you’ve been delaying to help later in the effort, please consider that the DAPL goons are facing a very dire January and will continue escalating. If you’re the call-your-congresscritter type, please consider this action and other efforts.
These guardians of water (and thus *life*) need your support NOW.
One of the fastest ways to help that offers a great deal of flexibility is sending gas cards, per that list. I’m not sure what gas stations are in the vicinity; does anyone know? Tesoro gas cards requested in full list!
Logistics efforts need fuel, and the cards can do a bit more than buy gas. Or send them an order from Amazon. Later in the list they again ask for gas cards and expand to gift cards for Amazon or elsewhere. Please do what you can!
They are being shot (“rubber” bullets), suffering hypothermia murder attempts, and losing limbs to grenades. In America. I’ve seen what appear to be pictures related to the last item, but they’re sickeningly gross, so you’ll have to google if you’re that morbidly curious. The victim of the grenade attack has a gofundme page.
Sadly, the January 1st deadline doesn’t man oil prices won’t rise in the future & make this crap lucrative again, but it could help halt this crime and give a bit of time to figure out a better path forward.
Updated with link to gas card specifics.